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At least he used his turn signal before passing on the median
Jul 17, 2021 8:59 PM
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At least he used his turn signal before passing on the median
lurkingbssje
Am I the only one who watched this and thought why the guy with the dash cam wasnt backing the fuck off? Red flags all over the place.
1UP2
Oh what a fucking legend cleared the way for the cars behind.
KashiofWavecrest
Asshole in the pickup truck just hanging in the passing lane. I see it every. goddamn. day. But, this is what happens when assholes collide.
Dots77
Prick.
TheRimOfTheSky
If someone is being a child on the road, please make distance and ignore them instead of doing something fucking stupid.
Cats2cats
Please note how far the truck traveled before stopping. Meanwhile the car was left miles behind.
TheRestOfTheStorey
https://youtu.be/pA7BASFqXIw
EADimgur
Man people are really harping on the pick up truck for what seems to be a LOT of assumptions gleamed from some 30s of video
LosChimpos
Nice of him to get the traffic out of your way.
streakline210
It's the fault of the guy making the recording. Clearly the car didn't want to be on camera and was desperate to get out of frame.
allnamestakenzzz
The answer is. They're both fucking morons. Don't bait others. Also that bit of road that clearly isn't road. Uneven, debris laden? Yeah no
Link01
I cringe whenever I see people drive on the shoulder, there's so much shit on them
Hiboredimdad
It always worries me that in life you can do everything perfectly ,be kind and courteous,help others,educate yourself.Thrn die because some
Hiboredimdad
Idiot decides to drive with his dick,not his head.
RateYourDump
Guy in the pickup is fucking everyone behind him
GasBandit
Ok, the Camaro was in the wrong, but real talk, Pickup Truck, if you are in the left lane and NOT actively passing, you are Problem #1
SQLdragon
at least 2 dumb-asses and one impatient asshole. move over slow people, let people pass especially if you're a professional CDL holder.
clintwestwud
The car driver was drunk and he ended up doing it again after he was arrested and bailed out. Dudes a scumbag.
AtomIndigo
I've seen this claim a few times in this post but no sources. Do you happen to have one?
clintwestwud
https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/buffalo-man-involved-in-2015-thruway-wreck-in-trouble-again
NickRivieraMD
I'm always mystified by tailgaters. What the fuck do they think they're gonna accomplish? It puts you in a shittier position when a gap>
NickRivieraMD
does open up. I'd much rather have some runway and be able to see in front if I'm gonna try to pass.
dickwitfo
His parents probably told him he could do anything.
letstalkabouthis
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ryan08sti
man i hate people....why....what the fuck was the point?!?!
sckd
I dont think the truck did nothing wrong. The car was following too close and being an overall dick nugget.
Dracon27
The pickup is clearly keeping pace with the large truck and not passing. Assuming it's a logical place, left lane is meant for PASSING.
sckd
keep in mind we see the 10 sec. that it appears they could have merged back over. If you can't wait 10 sec, you have no business driving
picklemethiscatman
I tried to stop at a yellow light but the duck behind me was right on my ass, had to mostly run a red light.
Okiegoon
Fucking ducks. Always pulling shit.
picklemethiscatman
pancreas
if they rear end you, they are at fault for driving too closely.
picklemethiscatman
True. But I've got a newish vehicle and good insurance. Don't need that to go up. Plus, it's such a hassle with insurance companies.
jscuster
As former football coach that’s the best lead block for the dash cam car I’ve ever seen. Camaro cleared a lane you could drive a truck thru.
weidermeijer
You need that to get the Coors back before the deadline.
brownribbon
Technically he caused a big wreck off the highway.
ILikeToWonkaMyWilly
Stupid is as stupid does
PPlank
They never was and they never was be.
dabee3942
Everyone bitching about the pickup trucks fault needs their license revoked ?♂️
kraeftig
I mean depending on how many cars are behind dash cam, the pickup would get a ticket here....
Mumalot
they can both be assholes... the truck was obviously being an asshole by matching the speed of the 18wheeler WHILE IN THE PASSING LANE --1
Mumalot
HOWEVER! the car is at fault on paper... but his desire to pass the asshole could've been mitigated if the asshole drove properly. --2
Mumalot
BUT! since there's video footage of the crash occurring, the truck might be at-fault. (even though car+truck'll still be atfault ultimately)
werrywerry
What the car did is no less than if he pulled out a firearm and started firing on other drivers.
ALittleSuspicious
Crazy to see so many people defend a reckless driver, like they had no other choice but to aggressively tailgate then cause an accident
Link01
It's also reckless and illegal to intentionally block traffic like that because this shit happens
Niddhoger
We aren't defending the asshole, we are simply pointing out that the pickup isn't an angel. One instigated, the other escalated.
ALittleSuspicious
One is also a drunk driver that nearly got people killed.
Niddhoger
Again, not saying the car is blameless. He's clearly the more dangerous of the two... but camping in the left lane is also against the 1/2
Niddhoger
rules of the road for this very reason. Letting cars bunch up is more dangerous than letting them spread out. 2/2
mercbrit
In 2014! There are kids on here that weren’t born then!
FukcTedCruz
CaptainThePirate
I was happy in 2014. I remember :) a little at least
RayMC
I discovered this site when I was 14. It was probably the worst thing to ever happen to me.
Imalwaysready
Hell, there are time traveling kids on here who haven't even been born yet.
tooomanystevesgotbanned
I really fucking hope not.
sha13
I really hope that there aren't.
mektel
I use uBlock to block the comment section for my kids and the mature filter is on, but I still don't let them browse imgur unmonitored.
Iamthebuttofmybestjokes
Good call. Mods can only be so fast and somehow impressionable children are faster.
ILikeToWonkaMyWilly
7 and under on imgur? Shit parents not keeping up with what their kids are doing...
mercbrit
I expect the kids are only on here to see the knife and gun dealer posts.
Nepoleanblownapart
Mine only get on to bash trump.
ILikeToWonkaMyWilly
Ye. That's gotta be it. Yup.
tsunamisue
Hope everyone was ok and you shared your video with the police!
enkrypt3d
Really dude?
anim8rjb
this video is ancient and has been posted many times.
Jbomb999
Camaro guy got charged with 6 counts of reckless endangerment, DWI, aggravated DWI and felony aggravated unlicensed operation
crypticorb
Do you have a good source?
Jbomb999
Dashcam guy a hero
ProbablyNotABotButHowCanIBeSure
not really, he just owned a dashcam
SmokingGandalf
I'm pretty sure this is fairly old
keshro
Dash says 2014, so I think you are right about that
aznanimality
No....2014 was just 2 years ago..... Right? Right?!?!?
PixelSprite64
It also says the time is 21:56 and it seems awfully sunny for that time of night.
tyner156
Pickup driver is baiting, car behind bites. Asshole 1, meet asshole 2.
Link01
Pickup caused that crash
PhantomX6
Meet innocent truck driver just trying to get through another day.
rojelioenescabeche
Yep. Both Dicks.
MrChurch
The guy driving behind the mess:
NotaCPA
ie, there's always a bigger fish err I mean asshole.
SJohnson23
Watch the full video, tell me if you still think that: https://youtu.be/pA7BASFqXIw Also, the audio is hilarious.
AtomIndigo
Yeah, truck prevents car from mergin (granted it would have been cutting off but the truck still chose to speed up and block) and then
AtomIndigo
Doesn't pass in a timely manner. It def looks like both are assholes to me.
RecurringNightmare
did you watch the video? absolutely proves truck to be an asshole too...
SJohnson23
The other guy had just tried to ram him - slowing down in that situation isn’t being an asshole, it’s self defence.
RecurringNightmare
do you believe those lies yourself?
SJohnson23
You don’t think he’s trying to ram at 36 seconds in?
ALittleSuspicious
The car behind is a drunk driver, who is driving without a license.
AtomIndigo
Source please
ALittleSuspicious
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2015/04/video_dash-cam_captures_big_crash_on_i-90_in_batavia_driver_charged_with_dwi.html
Atomic2
Yea Camaro was stupid but pickup driver was holding up traffic for everyone, not just the Camaro.
debthepleb
is that not illegal?
SwiftyGuy
And potentially deadly.
TheRickest
Is it holding up traffic if pertaining to the speed limit and the guy behind you just wants to go 20 over?Not all states have a pass on left
RecurringNightmare
yes! stfu man, dont be an asshole, easy!
TheRickest
Stfu? It was a genuine question. Not being able to blow past the speed limit is not 'traffic'.
RecurringNightmare
cars = traffic...they can go as fast as they want, their problem if they get trouble with the cops...not your business...move out of the way
Alonsey
Long story short: Pass the god damn truck. Tire blowouts happen, and that's the prime spot to get fucked up by it. Don't sit there and block
Alonsey
-people from safely passing a massive amount of pent up go fuck yourself. Anything goes wrong, that truck will flatten you.
MrZev
When someone tailgates me, I slow down. If he is a dick I am a dick back.
Dracon27
That's great, but now you're the dick to EVERYONE behind the tailgater too, making you the bigger dick.
MrZev
I don't if there is someone behind them.
ChristopherHallett
If you're in the passing lane and you are NOT passing, get the fuck out of the passing lane.
Niddhoger
The gif above is why grandma always said "two wrongs don't make a right." Even cops want you to just let them pass as its safer for 1/2
Niddhoger
everyone to let traffic spread out more evenly. The more bunched up cars are.... the more the above happens. 2/2
Philldoe
The idiots downvoting you are shitty drivers. Slow down when being tailgated or you get rear ended in an emergency.
RepostsOnly
Get the fuck out of the left lane if you're driving slow then.
Philldoe
If you bothered to look, he was driving faster than the truck. People in the left lane have to follow a speed limit as well you moron.
RepostsOnly
Speed limits are more suggestions for the left lane. At the limit and passing? Fine. Under the limit or not passing? GTFO
MrZev
Or don't tailgate people? I don't point guns at people endangering them for no reason.
Bystandr
Sadly, pickup guy thinks he has the righteous high ground, but is also responsible for causing the accident for failure to yield the left
Cataleast
Responsible? RESPONSIBLE?! What kind of medication are you on? Jesus fucking christ...
Nnoodles
No way you could convince a court or anyone that the pickup guy is responsible when you clearly have a dangerous driver involved.
Nnoodles
Failure to clear the lane doesn't cause accidents, only frustrations. Asshat pulling stunts and wreck less driving cause wrecks.
Hammerwell
There was a big ass rig to the right. How should he have yielded?
AtomIndigo
Either speed up or slow down. Not his job to gatekeep the road, and it's dangerous for both vehicles next to a big rig.
Hammerwell
If he slows down there is this pesky car behind. And speed up maybe there's a speed limit? Who knows.
BearToof
Eh. Pick-up sets up an inconvenient situation but Camaro is the only one making a decision that puts others in danger.
Bystandr
lane here. You have to have an idiot that gets frustrated enough to act thus, but when you do, we all see the result. If you are passing, do
Bystandr
so in a timely manner. If you cant and someone comes up fast behind you, you have now become the slower traffic. If you dont want to speed
Bystandr
up, pull in behind and let faster traffic pass. Its the law on highways (at least in Canada).
Niddhoger
Ditto for America. The left lane is the passing lane and there are lines in the driver's manual about how you should NOT create bottlenecks
TheNaykid
In the US, many states have similar laws, but they are so inconsistent with one another, its hard to keep track.
WhyisnoIDavailable
sooooo ... not saying he's not an asshole, but how to yield the left lane when theres a truck on your right ? assuming he's driving at limit
Bystandr
Again, if you cant pass in a timely manner, it behooves you to SLOW DOWN and pull in behind the rig, or SPEED UP and overtake the rig.
llortamai
So the truck should have slowed down and pulled behind the rig. How do you think the Camaro would react to that?
Bystandr
The truck should have pulled behind the rig instead of passing if they couldnt pass in a timely manner, which would have let the camaro thru
Bystandr
Passing this slowly is not timely. Pickup is failing to yield the lane.
WhyisnoIDavailable
slow down with asshat tailgaiting you or speed up over the limit and be at fault too ? that's what he should have done to not be the cause?
zFUBARz
Never should have been in the lane in the first place, not a crowded highway.
dividedby0
Yeah man, pass or slow down, don't just ride next to someone. Also as a driver why would you want someone right next to you anyway? Go away
AtomIndigo
Especially a hug semi. Those things will squash anything without even trying. I hate driving next to them and will speed up to avoid.
mrollings53
Check your local laws. In Washington it is legal to go faster than the speed limit to pass someone.
joot
There’s a fucking truck to his right. He’s passing, just doesn’t want to pass as fast as Mr. Crawling Up Ass. The car is 100% at fault.
TheHengeProphet
Truck is opting not to pass or slow down and yield. Both are in the wrong.
Distractedlurker
If someone baits you into a shitty situation, and you take the bait, YOU are at fault for YOUR actions. Both are wrong, not both at fault
NKato
The problem here is that the pickup is deliberately staying in the suicide zone, and putting the Camaro in a similarly dangerous position.
SmegheadIsMyName
The camaro is putting the camaro in a dangerous situation. The truck is rude but not doing anything illegal if going at the limit.
pseudopseudonym
Deliberately unsafe driving is illegal. Also in some places preventing people from passing by obstructing passing lane is illegal even if
llortamai
Camaro was only in that position because he was tailgating.
AtomIndigo
He was tailgating because the truck sped up in order to block the camaro from getting into the lane. Camaro is a dick 100% but so is truck.
Thewulasvegas
Guy in the pickup truck was wrong. Unpopular opinion here but fuk him in particular.
MyNameInYourBlood
Glad that fucker got slammed.
cazzegiare
You're making the same mistake as the dickhead in the camaro: you can't see the car in front of the pickup so you assume 'fuk him'.
4etherling
That is actually a matter of speed. If he's already over limit the car driver is just being an ass.
jwillr86
F*** off. The truck was passing the semi at the speed limit and the car wanted to speed.
DVSBSTrD
There is a fucking open mile ahead of them and both trucks are doing at least ten under the speed limit. I do feel sorry for the big rig.
Demidog669
Yes, guy in pickup truck is a cunt. Guy in a car is a cuntx1000
jamesCosmosBaron
Nope. Nothing is worth a life. Relax.
SexyYoda
1000%
DanBranDaMan
IIRC, the dude in the muscle car was super high. But yea, fuck people who pace in the fast lane.
Ghode
But... there was another car in front of the pickup, holding him up....I believe it was a 2015 Pontiac Ghost
LordOfTheFattys
wrong
mobius100
They're both assholes but yeah
FIuxuation
Agree, not saying the guy was right, but I understand.
IdiotSavantTinker
If you can't move faster than the semi truck, get out of the passing lane.
fitchy0812
There are speed limits, if someone is in the left most lane going the speed limit its a bit of a dick move but he is not wrong.
DarkSock
It’s the meeting of two morons. Fuck aggressive tailgaters, & fuck twats who do their Blue Angels formation impressions in the passing lane
Etereo
Speed limit,check what that means
THExPILLOx
The guy in the pickup is an asshole but the car illegally crossing a yellow to pass outside of a legal lane is the cause of the accident.
THExPILLOx
And is more of an asshole than the pickup truck because of their actions and aggressive, dangerous, driving.
Thewulasvegas
No.
AlwaysInTheshadows
The story was the pickup was instigating the Camaro buy brake checking and purposely going the same speed as the semi to piss off the Camaro
IJustMightBeTheDroidYouAreLookingFor
I agree 100%
joot
You’re all ignorant fucking assholes.
IJustMightBeTheDroidYouAreLookingFor
The left lane is for passing, not blocking people
joot
So let him pass! Crawling up his ass is not how to do that, dumb fuck.
finallyMadeAnAccount2
porque no los dos
PocketFullOfHotDogs
Yeah op didn't post the whole video. I watched this on tosh.0 on YouTube literally 15m ago. I'll post source below
PocketFullOfHotDogs
https://youtu.be/v1WoDPw_g9U . Pickup truck is for sure still wrong. But I get why he does it.
LunaLeMoon
Truck didnt do anything illegal if he was going above the speed limit. Other guy did.
ALittleSuspicious
Guy in the camero was drunk, reckless, aggressive and didn't have a licence. But sure, driving slowly is the problem here.
AtomIndigo
Do you have a source on that? Also hoping to hear the outcome from all this if it's there.
ALittleSuspicious
https://www.syracuse.com/us-news/2015/04/video_dash-cam_captures_big_crash_on_i-90_in_batavia_driver_charged_with_dwi.html
AtomIndigo
Thank you
manamongstyou
Both were wrong here. Semi driver deserves give a consequence free face punch to both these ass holes.
stuffthrower
In a lot of places it's the law to move over for faster traffic even if they're speeding.
AydenBeeson
But if you are already passing that truck, and he speeds up it's not your problem to then speed to beat him. Pick-up driver isn't at fault
zeo868
I mean, he sped up to not let the camero into the left lane when they were approaching the semi, then matched speed of the truck to block1/2
zeo868
The guy in, the camero cause the accident but the truck guy is a asshole. Semi driver was sadly in the wrong place at the wrong time 2/2
igamingidol
Yeah but youre not allowed to use the shoulder of the road to pass him on the outside so it doesnt matter. 2 wrong doesnt make 1 right
EyeSpyABreathtakingPerson
He may be wrong, but the dude actively causing an accident is wronger.
jamadrien
Wronger
Frothington
Not necessarily, I was passing a truck once with cruise control on & the fucker sped up to match my speed.
MiZfUnKy45
So get off cruise control and pass with purpose
IBuiltAFreakingArk
I hate when they do that, stop matching or passing me if you're not going to be consistent
thomas1978
How do you know that? Many times I was passing and the car speed up, slow down, speed up... I usually just step on it and pass.
AtomIndigo
And that's what you're supposed to do. Either speed up and pass, or slow down and get over. Don't hog the pass lane trying 2 b a vigilante.
Sophiasmistake
Valid opinion, but It's totally possible that the big rig was speeding in the left.
Sophiasmistake
*right
DeepFriedAndSanctified
If the pickup wasn't passing someone then it shouldn't be in the right lane in the first place.
yifin
You've never had someone speed up while you're trying to pass?
DeepFriedAndSanctified
Of course. Depending on the situation, I immediately slow down and move over or speed up and move over.
Arcticstorm141
Bingo, none of these fucks commenting have ever seen a semi. Those guys don't give a fuck about the 55 limit, they speed like every douche
Sophiasmistake
Now add that douche in the car that's obviously tale-gating. "Oh sure, I'll just slow down and get behind the big rig. Nevermind, the car /
Sophiasmistake
Is passing me on the shoulder. Now I can slow dow.. oh fuck he's lost control!"
ILikeToWonkaMyWilly
Keep in mind, they're not saying the passing car isn't an idiot, just that the pickup driver shouldn't have been holding the passing lane.
Thewulasvegas
Thank you for making that clear. That is 100% correct. Car driver was very asshat too.
Bondsmith10
The pickup truck driver...was passing the semi truck...using the passing lane...the lane you use for passing.
OlderWiser
I think you can see by the downvotes and comments why our highways are so dangerous now days.
misskinzy
Passing means you actually attempt to go in front of the other car at some point. This guy was just lane hogging
AeonQuasars
Technical he did legally no wrong, but he really created that situation. He was already past it even, blink in and let others through.
BklynPunisher
Wrong. In many states the left lane is for passing. Pass the car on the right, then change into the right lane leaving the left clear. …
BklynPunisher
…. You can remain in the passing lane as long as you’re not holding back traffic. People camp out in the left lane to be dicks sometimes.
koolgeeks
I was always taught to not change lanes in front of a semi until I can see both headlights in both the rear view and side mirrors
taksoto
Not true. States have laws against this.
4b6e6f747779726b696e
Yeah, pickup truck was "passing". The semi was going 55 mph. The pickup truck 55.001 mph.
Arcticstorm141
Lmao I've never seen a semi go 55, gtfo with that perfect world shit.
Bondsmith10
That's still passing and legal. So the pickup was doing absolutely nothing wrong.
ProperPlanningPreventsPissPoorPerformance
I'm with you man. If I'm on cruise control and I'm even with another vehicle I'm not going above the speed limit to pass faster
deaththeunholy
That is literally not passing... That's coasting, put your foot to the floor and move your ass, it'll take no time to actually pass it
Niddhoger
In 30 seconds that pickup might have gained a single foot on the semi. That's not passing, that's creating a bottleneck.
misskinzy
Being an asshole is wrong tho
minzeyman
But if your not doing the speed limit. Being in the passing lane is then illegal
ArchMagos
Technically, if the speed limit was 55 then you should not exceed 55, even when passing.
jwillr86
I has been downvoted to hell and back for expressing the same opinion.
KommSusserTod
Doesn't matter. That lane is meant for speeding up enough to pass slower traffic, not be a slow lane hog.
bobothemagicalgorilla
I agree. Looks likes cars fault entirely. Regardless how people with road rage feel about it passing ppl going speed limit.
Niddhoger
The driver's manual also says creating a bottleneck and blocking traffic is unacceptable. Should have stayed behind semi.
missiletowe12
Doesn't look like the pickup is far enough ahead of the truck to pull over safely, yet.
RecurringNightmare
yeah because he is intentionally going slow to block traffic...dude, stop defending assholes!
snrsquishy101
Doesn't look like the pickup is even trying to get ahead of the truck, which is a bit of a dick move.
Arcticstorm141
Have you ever seen a semi go the speed limit? Not saying the pickup can't get some more speed. It's not cut n dry like ppl think here
WereAllAssholesIJustAdmitIt
Maybe his truck isn't very powerful. Maybe its got a heavy load.
cazzegiare
There's a car in front of the pickup that you can't see in this short clip; goes to show that you can't judge the car in front.
LordOfTheFattys
unlike driving on a median and causing a wreck, lul
Sacramant
Pickup truck is a work truck, may be GPS monitored/speed limited. Moved over to let the semi into lane and couldn't pass yet.
Sacramant
This happens often to me in my work truck, you get stuck in the passing lane trying to accomodate merging traffic and end up the asshole.
yoyo3d38
Same. You think you can pass the truck but then your governor kicks in and now you feel like an asshole.
Imaintainnothing
and maybe everyone is traveling at speed limit or pickup has reached its speed limit and the truck is accelerating - too many unknowns
WallyWorldtoo
and that's the reason, in my province, they passed a law saying keep right EXCEPT to pass, NO one forced the truck into the left lane.
TonyFergulicious
If you can't pass in a reasonable time, wether governer, speed limit, etc. then you have no reason passing in the first place.
sazabit
I'm sure slowing down to get behind a semi with a dickhead tailgating you would have gone over much better